Skull tattoo ideas

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Two clenched fists pressed together, each with a traditional style tattoo: a panther head in a top hat and a rose on the right, a skull and a cartoon figure with an axe on the left.
Traditional hand tattoos with panther and rose
Black dotwork skull design on cream paper, framed by triangles and star motifs, drawn as a tattoo flash sheet with no body placement shown.
Geometric skull with dotwork shading
Black ink tattoo on a thigh showing a ringed skull, an eye and a hand with an arm, drawn in bold outlines and solid black fills.
Ringed skull, eye and hand on a thigh
Two arms covered in traditional-style tattoos, including a panther head, a feathered headdress, a skull, a snake and roses, placed on the forearms and upper arms.
Traditional sleeves with panther, skull and snake
Black and grey dotwork drawing of a skull with a pompadour hairstyle, framed by lilies, roses and buds, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Skull with pompadour and lilies
Black ink drawing of a skull with knotted octopus tentacles on white paper, shaded with fine hatching and stippling.
Skull and tentacles design drawing
Fine line skull with pink heart eyes on one finger and a pink bow on the next, shown on two hands held together against grass.
Skull and bow finger tattoos
Graphite pencil drawing of a large-eyed cartoon skull on a cloaked body holding a scythe, shown on paper beside a pen, for use as a tattoo design.
Pencil sketch of a cartoon skull and scythe
Black ink pen drawing of a realistic human skull seen from the front, built from cross-hatched shading on a dark background.
Pen and ink skull drawing
Black and grey skull-handled key tattoo with small teal accents in the eye sockets, shaded in a realistic style and placed on the upper chest.
Skull key tattoo on the chest
Black and grey neo-traditional tattoo of a multi-armed goddess in a jewelled crown, holding objects including a crescent, a dagger and a skull, across the chest.
Multi-armed goddess across the chest
Pen sketch of a skull set between moth wings, drawn on paper as a tattoo design with loose linework and rays around it.
Skull and moth tattoo sketch
Neo-traditional tattoo of a crescent moon with a sugar skull face, pink roses and small stars on a person's upper back.
Crescent moon sugar skull with roses on upper back
Large coloured and black-and-grey tattoo on an upper arm showing a winged pale face with dark hair, flanked by a green skull and a coloured demonic face.
Winged face and skulls on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skull wearing sunglasses, set in smoky shading on a forearm, with a partial eye tattoo at the bottom edge.
Realistic skull in sunglasses on a forearm
Traditional colour tattoo of a skeletal cat head and ribcage in an orange oval frame with a red rose, on the forearm.
Skeletal cat and rose on a forearm
Full back tattoo in traditional style showing a bald eagle over a red, white and blue flag, with a snake and grey skulls below, on a man photographed from behind.
Eagle, flag and skulls across a back
Back tattoo in black and grey shading, showing a large skull surrounded by outlined roses and swirling clouds, in a Japanese-influenced style, across the upper and mid back.
Back piece with skull and roses in black and grey
Three-panel photo of a black and grey realism full sleeve on an upper arm and forearm, showing an eye, an angel, a pocket watch and skulls.
Realism sleeve with angel, eye and pocket watch
Pencil and coloured drawing of a shaded skull with a dagger, smoke wisps and a red rose with leaves, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Skull, dagger and red rose design
Illustrated design of a black cat head with a half-visible skull, red poppies across the face and a small golden halo above, shown without skin.
Black cat skull with red poppies
Black and grey realism tattoo of a pirate skull in a tricorn hat with a smaller grimacing face and pistols, wrapping the shoulder and upper arm.
Pirate skull and pistols on upper arm
Black and grey dotwork wolf head above an animal skull, framed by geometric diamond outlines, on the outer thigh.
Wolf head and skull on a thigh
Colour traditional tattoo of a pirate ship with a skull and crossbones sail, red flags and green waves across an upper arm.
Pirate ship and skull on upper arm
Two hands with small sugar skull tattoos on the middle fingers, one with a pink bow and a tiny infinity symbol on the ring finger, in colour and black ink.
Sugar skull tattoos on two fingers
Black and grey realism skull tattoo covering the back of a hand, with deep shading and a dark background.
Skull tattoo across the back of a hand
Two black and grey skull tattoos on fingers, one skull wearing a top hat, with a bird and leafy vine on the back of a hand.
Top hat skull finger tattoos
Black and grey blackwork and dotwork tattoo of an owl above an ornate sugar skull on the inner forearm.
Owl and sugar skull on a forearm
Black and grey Japanese style sleeve tattoo on a forearm, showing a foo dog, an oni mask, a skull, a pagoda and swirling clouds.
Japanese sleeve with lion, oni and pagoda
Black and grey line drawing of an ornate sugar skull framed by three roses and feathered leaves, shown as a tattoo design with no body part visible.
Sugar skull with roses tattoo design
Traditional style colour tattoo of a horned ram skull above a red-cloaked hooded figure, on the forearm.
Horned ram skull and cloaked figure on forearm
Black and grey tattoos of a human skull, an antelope skull, an animal skull and a bird skull, one on each finger of a clenched hand.
Animal skulls across four fingers
Full back tattoo in colour showing a white cat with pink ears, blue and red roses, daisies and skulls, in a Japanese-influenced style.
Cat, roses and skulls across a back
Black and grey realism drawing of a skull wearing a feathered headdress, shown as a tattoo design on white paper.
Realistic skull with feathered headdress design
Two colour tattoos of sugar skull portraits, one on a calf and one on a forearm, with script lettering below the forearm piece.
Sugar skull portraits on calf and forearm
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a skull with butterfly wings on the back of a hand.
Skull and butterfly on the back of a hand
Black and grey flash design of a winged skull with ribbon banners carrying the words I hold a beast, an angel and a madman in me.
Winged skull with banner quote
Black and grey dotwork skull tattoo with curled horns and a stippled crescent moon, placed on the thigh.
Horned skull with crescent moon on thigh
Realistic steam locomotive with a skull front and red eyes, shaded in black and grey against orange and red sunset tones, on a forearm.
Skull-faced steam train on a forearm
Pencil and ink drawing of a split ribcage and spine with a pink rose and vines on one side, and an animal skull with a moth wing below, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Ribcage, rose and moth skull design
Greyscale pencil drawing of a realistic skull with roses, an orchid and a daisy growing across its right side, a design suited to a realism tattoo.
Skull and flowers pencil design
Black and grey traditional style tattoo of a winged skull with crossed daggers and a flame on the upper arm.
Winged skull with crossed daggers on upper arm
Black and grey traditional-style tattoo of the Neverland treasure map with a compass rose and pirate ship, placed across a person's shoulder blade and upper back.
Neverland treasure map on upper back
Four-panel photo of a person with a full torso and arm tattoo bodysuit in green, teal, brown and black, including a skull with an omega symbol on the back and a star on the front.
Full torso and arm tattoo coverage
Colour tattoo of cartoon characters Jack Skellington and Sally, in a painterly illustrative style, on the upper arm.
Jack Skellington and Sally on an upper arm
Black and grey flash design of a sugar skull wearing a top hat, with an ace of spades, dice, a star, roses, crossed pistols and an eight ball, with the numbers 1969 below.
Sugar skull in top hat with cards, dice and roses
Black and grey realism tattoo covering a full back, showing candles, a skull, roses and a gothic window.
Full back tattoo with candles, skull and roses
Realistic colour tattoo of a red rose and a grey skull on an ankle, with a black canvas trainer below.
Realistic rose and skull on an ankle